EvilEgg:Go ahead, it's just about played out at this point. This sort of thing is not going to work again.

The Susan G. Komen Foundation could eclipse ALSA's fundraising in half the time if, in their own version of the Ice Bucket Challenge, the rule was that the water had to be dumped on your chest, not your head. And that you had to be wearing one of their Motivation Tank Tops, available for $22.00 on their website (here) or something similar (but pink).

Pocket Ninja:EvilEgg: Go ahead, it's just about played out at this point. This sort of thing is not going to work again.

The Susan G. Komen Foundation could eclipse ALSA's fundraising in half the time if, in their own version of the Ice Bucket Challenge, the rule was that the water had to be dumped on your chest, not your head. And that you had to be wearing one of their Motivation Tank Tops, available for $22.00 on their website (here) or something similar (but pink).

/I'm just saying.

I would participate - and of course all the money would go to Planned Parenthood.

What the article fails to point out is that this actually started with all the cinnamon challenges and salt and ice challenges and all the other challenges that people have been doing on youtube for the past few years.

I could make the argument that giving to cancer research would be a better investment. I guarantee someone in your immediate or extended family has or had cancer at one point. Now how many people do you know with ALS? A quick google search shows 30,000 people currently living with ALS. The number of people living with cancer is over 13,000,000.

2chris2:What the article fails to point out is that this actually started with all the cinnamon challenges and salt and ice challenges and all the other challenges that people have been doing on youtube for the past few years.

First time I heard about it, the challenge was to submerge yourself in an ice bath or large cooler or something.

Russ1642:Someone needs to tell them that's a bad idea. When people sense the commercialization of a viral trend it'll shut down pretty quickly. I'd say it's probably one of the fastest ways to kill the fad.

Big Ramifications:Russ1642: Someone needs to tell them that's a bad idea. When people sense the commercialization of a viral trend it'll shut down pretty quickly. I'd say it's probably one of the fastest ways to kill the fad.

Big Ramifications:Russ1642: Someone needs to tell them that's a bad idea. When people sense the commercialization of a viral trend it'll shut down pretty quickly. I'd say it's probably one of the fastest ways to kill the fad.

aagrajag: How to lose the moral high ground and alienate people.

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I really wish I knew the full story behind that. I only get partial details from teh Googles.

aagrajag:Big Ramifications: Russ1642: Someone needs to tell them that's a bad idea. When people sense the commercialization of a viral trend it'll shut down pretty quickly. I'd say it's probably one of the fastest ways to kill the fad.

aagrajag: How to lose the moral high ground and alienate people.

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I really wish I knew the full story behind that. I only get partial details from teh Googles.

My Google-Fu seems to indicate it's the guy who directed the "Kony 2012" video. He had some kind of breakdown and rampaged around naked. I had not known until now that someone had filmed it.

2chris2:What the article fails to point out is that this actually started with all the cinnamon challenges and salt and ice challenges and all the other challenges that people have been doing on youtube for the past few years.

Thanks for the Meme-ries:Big Ramifications: Russ1642: Someone needs to tell them that's a bad idea. When people sense the commercialization of a viral trend it'll shut down pretty quickly. I'd say it's probably one of the fastest ways to kill the fad.

fusillade762:aagrajag: Big Ramifications: Russ1642: Someone needs to tell them that's a bad idea. When people sense the commercialization of a viral trend it'll shut down pretty quickly. I'd say it's probably one of the fastest ways to kill the fad.

aagrajag: How to lose the moral high ground and alienate people.

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I really wish I knew the full story behind that. I only get partial details from teh Googles.

My Google-Fu seems to indicate it's the guy who directed the "Kony 2012" video. He had some kind of breakdown and rampaged around naked. I had not known until now that someone had filmed it.

Oh, I knew who it was; I just can't find any details on what caused his mental breakdown.

astouffer:I could make the argument that giving to cancer research would be a better investment. I guarantee someone in your immediate or extended family has or had cancer at one point. Now how many people do you know with ALS? A quick google search shows 30,000 people currently living with ALS. The number of people living with cancer is over 13,000,000.

This - and hasn't ALSA already gotten something like 10 times the money in donations as they got this period last year?

There's nothing wrong with donating to ALSA, but I'm afraid a lot of people just jumped on the latest internet fad.

If you made up a disease and started a viral campaign you could probably raise millions.

astouffer:I could make the argument that giving to cancer research would be a better investment. I guarantee someone in your immediate or extended family has or had cancer at one point. Now how many people do you know with ALS? A quick google search shows 30,000 people currently living with ALS. The number of people living with cancer is over 13,000,000.

Careful, you'll be labeled as a heartless asshole for that!

I was nominated seven times in three days last week and I ignored them. I got an eighth nomination and put up a post explaining that I had already donated to amfAR, Stand Up to Cancer, and the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, and my charity budget was dry. I wasn't going to do the video because my version would include an actual explanation of ALS and some education about the disease and where to donate instead of a token mention of it in passing, since this is supposed to be about "awareness" in the first place. Considering how much work it would be to do my version when, judging by the videos of those who nominated me, all anyone wants to see is a bucket of ice water being dumped on my head, I was declining all nominations. I got chewed out by about a dozen people for being heartless and selfish, and my brother-in-law refuses to speak to me now (which is kind of what I've been hoping for for years anyway). I would point out that I donated to cancer and HIV/AIDS research, both of which are impacting significantly larger portions of the population, and they doubled down on the cold and heartless rhetoric because, "ALS doesn't get the same attention as those do." I'll be thankful when this goddamn fad is over.

Jizz Master Zero:astouffer: I could make the argument that giving to cancer research would be a better investment. I guarantee someone in your immediate or extended family has or had cancer at one point. Now how many people do you know with ALS? A quick google search shows 30,000 people currently living with ALS. The number of people living with cancer is over 13,000,000.

Careful, you'll be labeled as a heartless asshole for that!

I was nominated seven times in three days last week and I ignored them. I got an eighth nomination and put up a post explaining that I had already donated to amfAR, Stand Up to Cancer, and the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, and my charity budget was dry. I wasn't going to do the video because my version would include an actual explanation of ALS and some education about the disease and where to donate instead of a token mention of it in passing, since this is supposed to be about "awareness" in the first place. Considering how much work it would be to do my version when, judging by the videos of those who nominated me, all anyone wants to see is a bucket of ice water being dumped on my head, I was declining all nominations. I got chewed out by about a dozen people for being heartless and selfish, and my brother-in-law refuses to speak to me now (which is kind of what I've been hoping for for years anyway). I would point out that I donated to cancer and HIV/AIDS research, both of which are impacting significantly larger portions of the population, and they doubled down on the cold and heartless rhetoric because, "ALS doesn't get the same attention as those do." I'll be thankful when this goddamn fad is over.

Omahawg:Thanks for the Meme-ries: Big Ramifications: Russ1642: Someone needs to tell them that's a bad idea. When people sense the commercialization of a viral trend it'll shut down pretty quickly. I'd say it's probably one of the fastest ways to kill the fad.

You don't get it man. The only way to raise awareness and get people to donate is to feed their egos. This is the now, the way of the modern world. Doesn't matter how stupid it is, how it's browbeating people into donating to one particular charity. If it gets money, that's all that matters. If they forget about ALS next year, or never learn a thing about ALS, doesn't matter, they made money. They may never donate to anything ever again, but they got to post a vid and get some attention, so that's all that matters. Other charities wish they could have something so cool.

The above is the argument someone gave me last night as to why the Ice Bucket Challenge is a good thing. Counters like there are a lot of other charities that need money, there are a lot of other issues that need awareness (examples I gave: Alzheimer's, the California drought, sexual violence against men, testicular and prostate cancer) seem to not matter. Getting the money by any means necessary, even escalating to dumber activities, is all that mattered.